Drug Policy, ENACT

Is drug policy in Africa on the cusp of change? The unfolding debate in Ghana

...Introduction Ghana is on the cusp of becoming the first African country, and the first country outside of Europe and the Americas, to decriminalise the personal possession and use of all illegal drug...

Posted on 12 Sep 2017

Private Sector, Protecting Politics

Shifts in the global illicit economy and the future impact on Europe

...Dr Mark Shaw, the Director of the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime presented a key address at INTERPOL's 45th European Regional Conference, convened in St Johann im Pongau (Aust...

Posted on 11 Sep 2017

#GIDisappearances, Development Dialogue, Latinoamérica y el Caribe, Resilience Fund

Resilience in Sinaloa: Community Responses to Organized Crime

Resilience in Sinaloa: Community Responses to Organized Crime

...The #GIResilience Project was designed to strengthen the resilient capabilities of the communities affected by organized crime. The ultimate aim of the project is to create a global network of resili...

Posted on 05 Sep 2017

RESPECT

Entrenched Political Corruption Squelches New Crime-Fighting Model Designed to Combat Human Trafficking Operations in Turkey

...Human trafficking, one of the fastest growing crimes in Turkey, exists because it is profitable and persists in the absence of accountability. Efforts to combat human trafficking essentially came to a...

Posted on 04 Sep 2017

RESPECT

ASEAN & ACTIP: Using a Regional Legal Framework to Fight a Global Crime

...BACKGROUND TO ACTIP The ASEAN Convention Against Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (ACTIP) has been developed in recognition of the growing issue of human trafficking within and i...

Posted on 01 Sep 2017

Private Sector, RESPECT

Risk Averse? Company reporting on raw material and sector-specific risks under the Transparency in Supply Chains clause in the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015

...EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Background Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, the Transparency in Supply Chains Reporting clause requires all commercial organisations with an annual turnover of more tha...

Posted on 01 Sep 2017

Crime & Conflict, Development Dialogue, Protecting Politics, Wildlife Watch

Spotlight: mitigating the impact of transnational organised crime in Africa

...A new programme is building knowledge and skills to tackle organised crime across the continent. Organised crime threatens governance, peace and security – especially in developing nations. ...

Posted on 29 Aug 2017

Development Dialogue

Why is there still a migrant crisis in Europe?

...Why is there still a migrant crisis in the Mediterranean? So far this year, nearly one hundred thousand people have set off from Libya and travelled in small boats to Italy. More than 2,000 have died....

Posted on 29 Aug 2017

ENACT

Human Trafficking in Africa: Do we need a new definition?

...The international debate packages the problem neatly but offers few solutions for Africa. Combating human trafficking has become one of the biggest global challenges, attracting high-level pledges of...

Posted on 29 Aug 2017

Author(s): Tuesday Reitano

Global Initiative

Back to the 1970s? Criminalization and Context in US-Mexico Migration Statistics

...Since January 2017, after US President Donald Trump implemented policies designed to discourage migrants from coming to America, US border authorities have claimed early success. The most common metri...

Posted on 29 Aug 2017

Assassination Witness, Protecting Politics, SA-Obs

Hitmen for Hire: Exposing South Africa’s Underworld

Hitmen for Hire: Exposing South Africa’s Underworld

...How, when and where organised crime is involved in violent activities has been the focus of several reports from the Global Initiative in different contexts. Measuring violence provides ways...

Posted on 29 Aug 2017

Author(s): Mark Shaw

Wildlife Watch

Enhancing the Detection, Investigation and Disruption of Illicit Financial Flows from Wildlife Crime

...Wildlife crime poses a serious threat to thousands of species of plants and animals, which in some cases are being pushed to the brink of extinction. It is a global issue affecting almost every jurisd...

Posted on 25 Aug 2017